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Tuesday 26 May 2015

British privateer destroyed by Spanish navy according to the Dutch newspaper Bataafsche staats-courant dated 7 March 1806

An item dated Madrid, Spain 7th February reported that on 25th January off the harbour of Aguilas, Spain two feluccas of the Spanish navy destroyed a British privateer of 6 guns who earlier captured a large number of Spanish vessels. Of her crew were 26 men taken prisoner of war.